Contributors
Claire Adamsick is a former Global Envision intern pursuing her master's degree in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. She's a self-proclaimed Europhile but has attempted to break the habit via language immersion programs in Oaxaca, Mexico and Ecuador. Claire is passionate about bike-commuting, baking and perfecting her Minnesota accent.
Alok is a former Global Envision intern who studied at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He grew up in Lalitpur, Nepal. He loves to play cricket, hike, and explore new places on foot. His favorite novel authors are Jhumpa Lahiri and Alice Munro.
Michael Andersen is a writing coach for Global Envision. He lives in Portland, where he's written for
The Oregonian and other outlets and publishes a
newsmagazine and website about low-car life. He's impersonated a panhandler, a metal thief, and a terrorist, and he's a pretty big fan of bread.
Taimi Arvidson is a former Global Envision intern who studied international development through communication and the media at the University of Oregon. She lived abroad in Finland in 2005 and has since traveled throughout Europe and Central America. In her free time she enjoys doing anything outside, from skiing Mount Hood to biking Eugene's pathways.
Jeremy Barnicle is Mercy Corps' Chief Development and Communications Officer.
Amalia is a former Global Envision intern who attended Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, pursuing concentrations in International Studies, Spanish, and Urban Studies. She loved participating in Model United Nations at Trinity and enjoys snowboarding, hiking, and traveling the world.
Cathy Bergman is Mercy Corps' Food Security Program Officer, based in Portland.
Haley is a former Global Envision intern who studied international affairs at Lewis and Clark College. Besides debating politics, Haley enjoys whitewater kayaking, backpacking, and hiking in her free time.
Terra Bliss is a former intern for Global Envision who studied Communication, Philosophy, and Political Science at Portland State University. She has an affinity for news, politics, traveling, research, and the Middle East.
Elizabeth is a former Global Envision intern and Portland native who majored in English at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She speaks French with a Senegalese twist and knows a little bit of Wolof. In the future she hopes to work on HIV/AIDS prevention and continue writing.
Kaitlin Bruno is a former intern for Global Envision who attended Mount Holyoke College, majoring in International Relations with a minor in French. She enjoys reading a good book, going to the beach, shopping in Boston, and watching the Boston Red Sox play at Fenway.
Roger Burks is a former Senior Writer for Mercy Corps. Since 2004, he traveled to more than 20 countries — including Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, China, Uganda, Mongolia and Kosovo — to explore and document Mercy Corps' work. He also took part in Mercy Corps' emergency responses to Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti earthquake. Burks served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the small West African nation of Togo.
Peter Chaillé works as a researcher and consultant on a range of issues related to sustainable use of marine and land resources. He has a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and has spent considerable time working in Hong Kong, Indonesia and Japan. He considers himself fortunate to be able to combine a love for SE Asia with the ability to work towards conserving threatened environments and improve the livelihoods of those who depend on them through the integration of science, business and experiential education programs.
Ching Li Chan is a former intern with Global Envision. She has lived in 10 different countries, including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Indonesia. She has witnessed first-hand the struggle of those living in Third World countries and hopes to work in the field of International Development. Ching loves animals and as an alternate career path could see herself as a beluga whale trainer.
Nick is a New Mexican and former Global Envision intern who recieved a B.A. in History from the rainy hilltop of Lewis and Clark College in 2007. Since graduation he has spent his time traveling in East Africa, working as an EMT in the high desert scrub of northern New Mexico, swimming in every body of water he comes across and looking forward to the next chance he can do more of the same. He currently works in the Emergency Department of Providence Portland Medical Center and has been slowly taking all the pesky science classes he never took in college to be able to pursue a career in some form of international medicine.
Erin Connelly is a volunteer for Global Envision. She currently works as a research coordinator at the Helfgott Research Institute at the National College of Natural Medicine. Erin has a BA in journalism from Penn State and an MA in sociology/policy studies from Lehigh University. Some of her favorite things include photography, kickball, bikes, books and exploring places near and far.
Margo Conner is currently a senior at Lewis & Clark College, where she is an International Affairs major. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, she's come to love the Pacific Northwest. In addition to writing for Global Envision, Margo enjoys biking, hiking, photography, and bread baking. She's studied abroad in the Philippines and Chile and hopes to return to both, in addition to exploring the rest of the world.
A graduate of University of Oregon in International Studies and French and a former Global Envision intern, Haley has spent two years living (and eating) in France. She spent a summer in Middlebury, VT learning Arabic, العربية, and plans on living in Damascus, Syria in the future.
Bill Early conceived the Global Envision partnership with Mercy Corps on a visit to Mercy Corps' micro-lending programs in China with Ells Culver, Co-Founder of the organization. He began his world travels on a Navy training cruise in 1955, and he has continued to be an engaged global citizen ever since. Bill was a '58 graduate of Stanford University in History, and received his law degree from Harvard University in '64. His career with Jeld-Wen, Inc., a manufacturer of windows and doors, has spanned over thirty years. During that time, he has focused on the company's international operations in more than 20 countries. Bill is a leader and philanthropist, and he serves his community and church in numerous activities. Bill recently accepted an invitation to join The Bretton Woods Committee, a bipartisan, non-profit group organized to build public understanding of international financial and development issues and the role of the Bretton Woods institutions in the global economy. He also serves on the Board of Ambassadors for Mercy Corps, and is the Oregon Co-chair for the Initiative for Global Development (IGD), a nationwide alliance of private sector leaders who are working to make global poverty alleviation a high priority among national policymakers.
Evan is a former intern with Global Envision who studied international affairs at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, OR, where he was also a pitcher on the Lewis and Clark baseball team. During college, Evan traveled to Havana, Cuba, where he studied for three and a half months. Evan is originally from Boulder, CO and enjoys hiking, skiing, climbing and anything else that involves being outside and in the mountains.
Stephen Forbush received his BA from Lewis & Clark College in 2008, with concentrations in Communications and Philosophy. A former Global Envision intern, Stephen is currently pursuing his MPA in Global Leadership and Management at Portland State University.
Bree is a former Global Envision intern who studied finance, international economics, and French at Portland State University. Bree loves to read, cook, hike and above all — travel.
Brandon Gast is a former Global Envision intern who majored in International Studies with a focus on African Studies at Portland State University. He has traveled to Kenya and Cameroon, and studied in West Africa for a year as a Rotary scholar. He is passionate about fly fishing, cycling and photography.
Casey is a Global Envision intern and a graduate student in Public Health at Oregon State University. When he is not reading and writing about international health programs and developments, you can find him storming mountains or floating rivers.
Ian Goldsmith is an intern for Global Envision. He is majoring in Geography with a minor in Economics at Portland State University. Ian has traveled to 46 of the contiguous states, The Netherlands, Belgium and Costa Rica. He is passionate about cooking, New York Times crossword puzzles and his beloved Kansas City Royals.
Phillip Hafner is an intern for Global Envision and has recently recieved his Bachelor’s degree in Human Studies from Marylhurst University. Planning to pursue his Master’s degree in Anthropology next, he eventually aims to work in the field of humanitarian aid. Beyond academic and professional interests, Phillip enjoys quality time with his family, music, and soccer.
Maria Hasan is a graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy where she is studying International Security Studies and Public International Law. She is currently interested in issues of counter terrorism, entrepreneurship, development and international law.
Prior to moving to the US in 2009, Maria lived in beautiful London for a year where she received a graduate degree in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics.
She is from Lahore in Pakistan, where she hopes to return after completing her current degree and get really busy. She is under the impression that at some point she will start up a restaurant as a social enterprise.
Director of Education and Online Development at The Global Film Initiative, a nonprofit that promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of film.
Leah Hazard is a former Marketing Officer for Mercy Corps in Portland. She graduated from Lewis & Clark College with a BA in International Affairs and Economics minor, studying abroad in Botswana and Ecuador and traveling throughout Southern Africa and South America.
Megan Kelly is a Global Envision intern who recently graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in Journalism. She has studied Arabic for three years, spent a term studying in Tunisia, and hopes to travel to the Middle East in the near future.
Dharma is a Global Envision intern and currently a senior International Affairs major at Lewis & Clark College. She has studied abroad in Egypt, Vietnam, and Spain, igniting a love for learning about the world and its many cultures. When not trying to find new ways to travel the world, she loves to explore photography, eat caramelized onions, and play as much ultimate frisbee as possible.
Meg Kowalik has been an intern with Global Envision since January 2008. She is currently a student at Lewis & Clark College, majoring in International Affairs. Originally from upstate New York, she has also lived in New Zealand and Switzerland. A rower and a cellist, she harbors a passion for photography and independent music.
Sara Litke is a former Global Envision contributor who majored in International Affairs and French at Lewis & Clark College. She studied in France and Senegal, and went on to be a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, West Africa. She is now based out of San Francisco and working in the non-profit world. She is passionate about human rights, fair trade and local foods.
Maya recently graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a degree in International Affairs. She fell in love with East Africa last summer when she was working in Rwanda, Uganda, and the DRC. She is passionate about poverty alleviation and health equity and wants to pursue a career in global health. She is obsessed with books written by Toni Morrison and loves being outside, hiking or riding her bicycle.
Erik Mandell is an intern for Global Envision and a current graduate student at Portland State University. He graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont and has traveled extensively to numerous countries and six of the seven continents.
Floyd Mann is a Portland-based Web Developer. He enjoys reading history, journalism and journalistic fiction and runs a popular bread-baking website,
The Fresh Loaf.
Clare Margason is an intern for
Global Citizen Corps and is currently studying International Sustainable Development and Music Performance at Portland State University. Clare has traveled to Latin America, Europe and Africa and dreams of visiting India before pursuing a master's degree in Conflict Resolution. Aside from traveling and school she loves to run, hike, cycle, and do anything outdoors.
Cami Martin has been with Mercy Corps since April of 2007. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in English and Education. During her time at the University she studied abroad in South East Asia which awakened her passion for international and development work. She can often be found running on the trails of Forest Park and is an avid reader, aspiring writer and looks forward to more travel experiences including a trip to Africa in the fall.
Max is currently a first year graduate student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where he specializes in development economics and human security. Prior to Fletcher, Max lived and worked for nearly 3 years in Cairo, Egypt, conducting research on food security and agricultural development, teaching high school history classes and covering the 2011 uprising.
David McNamee is an Associate Faculty and Chair of the BS in Business & Leadership program at Marylhurst University in Marylhurst, Oregon. Previously, he was Director of the BS in Business program at Concordia University. Mr. McNamee's experience includes stints as a manager with the State of Oregon, a small business owner, middle school teacher, elected public official, and a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Mr. McNamee earned a BA in Communication at the University of Portland, a M.S. in International Relations at Syracuse University and is a PhD Candidate at Gonzaga University.
Alexa is a junior at Lewis and Clark College from Boulder, Colorado. She is majoring in International Affairs, and has a passion for traveling and learning languages. She has spent 3 semesters abroad, in Italy, Ghana, and Morocco, and is looking forward to spending fall semester in Uganda studying international development and the local language, Luganda. In her free time, Alexa enjoys running and practicing yoga.
Laura Miller is the desk officer for Mercy Corps' Central Africa programs.
Sara Mitchell is a senior at Portland State University where she is working on a degree in Child and Family Studies. She is excited about graduating so she can start her next adventure. When she is not doing homework or working, she is at Mt. Hood, the coast, gardening or making art.
Derar Mohamed is a Global Envision intern who currently is a Mass Communications student at the University of Bahrain and hopes to become a public relations specialist in the near future.
Before moving to Bahrain in 2010, Derar has worked in Gaza-Palestine as a digital media unite leader at Global Citizen Corps, Mercy Corps International and as a video producer for Iwan Center for Architectural Heritage.
Derar has also studied journalism/ Public Relations and Advertising at the University of Gaza.
Ali Mondragon is pursuing her masters in International Management at Portland State University. She has her BS in Nursing from Oregon Health and Sciences University and has been working as a pediatric intensive care nurse at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon. Ali hopes to combine her experience in health care with a future career that involves travel, international relations, learning and exploring other cultures and languages...and maybe some cool recycled and sustainable fashions. But most importantly, Ali wants to do things for "the greater good."
Ali has a not-so-secret fascination with China and learning Mandarin.
Big goals for a girl from small town Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii…
Krista is an intern for Global Envision. She attends Macalester College in the frozen tundra of St. Paul, MN, where she is majoring in International Studies, with a focus in Political Science. She spent her junior year abroad studying globalization in Tunisia and the Netherlands, researching the connections between language and identity. Krista likes to spend her free time planning her next global adventure.
Laura is a student at Portland State University working on a degree in International Studies with focuses on the Middle East & East Asia. She hopes to become proficient in Turkish and Chinese, and eventually move to and work in northwest China.
Cassandra Nelson is Mercy Corps' Director of Multimedia Projects. Cassandra has been a humanitarian first-responder to every major disaster over the past decade and is frequently dispatched to report on crises, including the Indian Ocean tsunami, Iraq war, Haiti earthquake, Japan earthquake and tsunami and East Africa famine.
Stephen Oliver is a Global Envision intern and a recently returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Guatemala. He graduated with a degree in Latin American history from the University of Oregon and is an avid Portland Trailblazers fan.
Brynn is a Global Envision intern and a sophomore at New York University. She is working towards a Global Liberal Studies degree with a concentration in Media Studies. Brynn spent her freshman year of college in Paris, France, traveled to Ethiopia twice with a medical team and to continue her study of world cultures, will spend her junior year in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Ben Osborn is an intern at Global Envision and a graduate of Lewis & Clark College.
Anna is a Global Envision intern. She is an English and Comparative Literature Studies Major at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California where she also works on the school newspaper.
Embry Owen is studying economics at Columbia University in New York City. This summer she is interning at Mercy Corps' Action Center to End World Hunger. In the future, she hopes to combine her interest in economic development, photography and food studies into a career in international development.
Julie Pachico graduated from Reed College in 2008 with a B.A. in Comparative Literature. She was born in Cambridge, England; grew up in Cali, Colombia; and has lived in Mexico and Ecuador. She currently lives in Portland, OR.
Lois Parshley is an intern for Global Envision. She currently attends Middlebury College and is majoring in Political Science and Anthropology with a minor in Economics. In her free time, she loves to hike, sail, and play water polo.
Sarah Patterson is a Global Envision intern and junior at Lewis & Clark College, where she is pursuing a major in International Affairs and a minor in English. She has been very active with the International Affairs Symposium steering committee at L&C over the last two years. After college she hopes to travel and go to law school.
Jean Payton is an intern for Global Envision and current student at Portland State University. She is pursuing a degree in Community Development, concentrating on Housing and Economic Development. She has additional focuses in Black Studies and African Politics. In addition to writing for Global Envision, Jean also works part-time for the City of Gresham as a housing policy assistant. She lives to travel, play music, and drink coffee. Jean has traveled throughout the U.S., Mexico, Spain, and recently studied abroad in Uganda. Graduation nigh, she looks forward to once again having free time.
Ari is a contributing editor and writer for Global Envision. He also works for an independent book publisher. Ari occasionally considers things like attending journalism school in the future, but is currently busy with Pacific-Northwestern type activities such as gardening, bike riding, and most importantly, brunching.
Andrew is a Portland native and received a B.A. in International Studies: Latin American Studies from Portland State University. He is an amateur photographer and enjoys shooting everything from natural landscapes to abstract images. His goal is to positively and actively be involved in the improvement of the lives of the world’s most vulnerable populations. Andrew has traveled to every mainland country from Canada - Panama, a few Caribbean islands and parts of Europe. In 2008 he spent a short period of time teaching in Honduras. When he takes a break from reading articles on the latest international affairs, he enjoys riding his bike, fly fishing, skiing and playing basketball, soccer and softball.
Jess Reichard is an International Politcal Economy and Religion major at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. She spent the fall of her Junior year studying Muslim communities in Western Europe, where she traveled to France, Switzerland, Germany, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Turkey. She hopes, after much future traveling and completion of her undergraduate degree, to attend law school and become a human rights lawyer. Outside of her love for travel and advocacy, Jess is a self-admitted baking addict who hopes to someday own her own bakery-book-yarn-store in Vermont. Yes, Vermont.
Carmina Rinker is currently finishing her Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. She works as the Evaluation and Assessment Coordinator of the African Diaspora Dialogue Project, a grant-funded project through a partnership between PSU and the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization. She has studied abroad in France, traveled extensively through Europe, and has done conflict resolution research on the divided island of Cyprus. Most recently, she has traveled to India to work with grassroots NGOs that focus on women’s development and microfinance in the state of Maharastra. Carmina enjoys traveling, camping, hiking, photography, and music.
Tripp is an intern with Global Envision. He recently completed a Masters at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. Tripp loves biking, hiking, reading and exploring new places with his kids.
Lisa Robbins has recently become Lisa Robbins Garland! She is a Global Envision intern, and just finished her Masters in International Development in Geneva. She has a background in research on issues ranging from microfinance to human rights and development, and has worked within organizations such as CARE International and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has enjoyed learning a whole new style of writing with this blog, and is excited to see what the future holds!
Lyndsey is a Global Envision Intern and a junior International Affairs major at Lewis & Clark College. She was a member of the Steering Committee for the Lewis & Clark International Affairs Symposium on Global Disorder and is excited to be doing work relevant to both her major and English minor. She loves to travel and plans to study abroad in Senegal next spring.
Dan Sadowsky is a senior web writer for Mercy Corps in Portland. In his job he's traveled to Africa, Latin America and Central Asia, but for fun he'd rather go to India. He's a devoted reader of The Wall Street Journal, manages the company softball team and frequents the Rose Garden when the Blazers are in town.
Badar Salem is a contributor for Global Envision. She currently works as an editorial manager at a public relations agency in Dubai, UAE. Badar has a BA in journalism from BirZeit University in Palestine and a master degree in international journalism from Cardiff University in the UK. Some of her favorite things include books, traveling and debating.
Jill is pursuing an undergraduate degree in International Development Studies at Portland State University. She is focusing on public health in South Asian countries and is especially interested in India. She spent last summer in New Delhi, researching the barriers to community participation in maternal and child health projects in urban slums. Jill plans on pursuing a career in international development and traveling as much as possible.
Manasi Sharma is a recent graduate of the MPH program in Global Health at New York Medical College. She is currently an intern at Mercy Corps for Global Envision. Her future career hopes are to work in International Health and Human Rights Development, especially in women’s rights. Other than humanitarian issues and causes, Manasi enjoys travelling, working with children, cooking, and reading.
Chris grew up in Portland and received a B.A. in Communication Studies and History from the University of Montana. He loves to backpack, bike-ride, fly-fish, and snowboard. When not engaging in one of the aforementioned activities he's most likely reading, listening to music, or playing his guitar. Chris is looking forward to traveling the world one day and learning all that he can about anything and everything.
Eliza grew up in Portland and graduated last June from Bennington College with a B.A. in International Studies and Mandarin Chinese. Eliza is interested in pursuing international humanitarian work, and is looking into medicine as a possible channel through which to do so. She spent spent the better part of 2009 studying and traveling in China, and plans to add Spanish and Tibetan to her language repertoire within the next few years. She enjoys biking, rock climbing, hiking, and exploring other cultures and places.
Sarah is a writer, Global Envision intern, Arabic teacher, and itinerant translator living in sunny Portland, which has more in common with her other favorite city of Damascus, Syria, than you might imagine. Neither shares much with New York, New York, where she lived for four years while studying at Barnard College, from which she graduated with a degree in Middle Eastern Studies and Human Rights. She enjoys travel, reading, and watching Syrian soap operas in her spare time.
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Anas Qtiesh.
April is a Global Envision intern. She received her B.A. in Philosophy/Law and Society and Political Science from the University of California, Riverside. She is currently applying to graduate schools and plans to pursue a career in international human rights. In her free time, April enjoys traveling, wine tasting, going to art galleries and music venues, and hiking.
From 2005-2007 Erin managed the overall operations of the Global Envision website for Mercy Corps. Her diverse career includes experience in charitable giving for Federated Department Stores, management of political campaigns, and the development of community service programs for college students as a staff member for The National Society of Collegiate Scholars. Erin has also served as a Community Builder Fellow for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as an Urban Community Development Volunteer for Peace Corps in Ecuador. Erin has a B.A. in International Economic Development from The George Washington University and an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Liv just recently graduated from Linfield College with a BA in Intercultural Communication and is now a intern for Global Envision. During her time in college she studied abroad for a semester in both Florence, Italy and Galway, Ireland. Besides traveling, she loves to dance.
Amy is from the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and pretty sure it is the most beautiful place in the world. But these days she can't think too much about that - a senior at the University of Portland studying Political Science, Economics and French, she's pretty darn busy with the books. An internship with Global Envision here at Mercy Corps has proved to be a fun way to intertwine all these interests. If only a real job could do the same..
Lila Wade works as a Global Envision intern. She enjoys researching and writing about international development and political economy as well as traveling and learning languages. Lila is a recent graduate from Lewis & Clark College with a degree in International Affairs and a minor in Economics. While studying she spent a semester overseas in Africa. There she lived with people from an array of different cultures and conducted a research project on family planning in Olasiti, Tanzania. Lila hopes to continue work in international development by volunteering both domestically and abroad before attending graduate school.
Lucy Wang is a summer intern for Global Envision. She currently attends Georgetown University and majors in international relations. She hopes to travel in Southeast Asia this fall. Later this summer, Lucy will be traveling to Taiwan to teach English. She enjoys photography, traveling and Indian food.
Sarah Warren is the Director of Global Citizen Corps and Gulf Partnerships, based in Qatar.
Wendy Werling is a Global Envision intern and is currently pursuing her master's degree in Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. She loves movies, biking, traveling, and cuddling orphans in Tanzania.
Chelsea Wieber is the site coordinator for Global Envision, based in Portland Oregon. She has worked for Mercy Corps for the past four years, first starting out in private fundrasing, and Global Envision for the past three. She has an international relations degree from the University of Oregon.
When she's not reading articles or editing posts, Chelsea likes to get out of town and explore new places.
Amelia Woodside is a Portland native and a rising senior at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She joined the team at Global Envision after spending a year abroad studying at Oxford University in England and traipsing around Kenya. Amelia is studying Photography, International Development and Ecology and harbors a great love of biking, sunshine, art and cholula hot sauce. In the future she plans to continue photographing, writing and traveling without maps.
Xian is a global envision intern and a recent graduate from the University of Oregon with a degree in Political Science. She plans on studying Mandarin this coming fall, where she hopes to further her studies abroad. Xian's favorite subjects include astronomy, writing, and history, and her favorite activities include running, ping pong, and board games.
Cecilia Uddenfeldt Wort is pursuing her undergraduate degree in social Anthropology and International Relations at the University of St Andrews, in Scotland. Her interest for the global sphere has probably emerged from living in Africa and Asia an obsession with traveling and reading. This summer she will be an embassy intern in Zimbabwe. In addition to writing she enjoys dancing,long walks in the Scottish country side, newspapers, licorice, live music and the show The Wire. She also dreams of learning the cello and knowing a third language, preferably Swahili.
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